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Russian judge sentences WNBA’s Griner to 9 years in prison
The Associated Press ^ | August 4, 2022 | By JIM HEINTZ

Posted on 08/04/2022 8:37:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But, but, but, I’m a black American lesbian, doesn’t that count for anything??? C’mon, man, I hate America just like you do!


81 posted on 08/04/2022 9:33:21 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Brittney” is just another man pretending to be a woman. Wonder which prison they’ll send him to? How about the Black Dolphin? That’d be fun.


82 posted on 08/04/2022 9:35:30 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When you’re dumb, you got to be tough.

No tears shed here.


83 posted on 08/04/2022 9:37:19 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: pfflier
"Lesson learned, don’t do recreational drugs where you don’t know the law."

Don't play basketball for foreign teams in the off-season, if you aren't willing to comply with that country's laws.

84 posted on 08/04/2022 9:37:27 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: TermLimits4All

Where’s your proof?


85 posted on 08/04/2022 9:37:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
But, but it's Brittney Griner.

Last month, Marc Fogel was convicted of drug smuggling and
drug possession. He was given a 14-year sentence in a high-
security penal colony in Russia.


86 posted on 08/04/2022 9:37:46 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: colorado tanker

Guess they never saw the movie “White Nights”.


87 posted on 08/04/2022 9:38:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: servantboy777

The thing that needs to be remembered is that Griner makes far more money playing in the Russian league than she does in the W.N.B.A. Playing in Russia is her main job, WNBA is a side gig although the media ignores this fact.

So when she was packing to get ready for her main job in Russia, it’s not as if she forgot to get ready to go and was in a rush and accidentally included the contraband. It’s also hard to believe that she would be ignorant of Russian laws and attitudes towards drug use. She’s likely not the only foreigner on her Russian team and likely not the only one on her team who misses getting high.


88 posted on 08/04/2022 9:39:11 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Ueriah

>VM sure they’ll continue milking this for all its worth.

Can you blame them?


89 posted on 08/04/2022 9:39:45 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Cruel and unusual punishment. Bad Vlad is toying with us. He does this for shits and giggles. He gets Xi on the line for a good laugh.
No sane black America will go to Russia. They might be taken for Vlad’s amusement and as a hostage bargaining chip. Vlad figures that Biden not getting idiot Brittney Griner back will inflame US blacks.


90 posted on 08/04/2022 9:40:10 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: SoConPubbie

Let the b!tch Neal before the Russian anthem. Let her rot right where she is.


91 posted on 08/04/2022 9:41:46 AM PDT by bestrongbpositive
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To: servantboy777
"I hate that is happening to this young “dumb” athlete."

It's almost 32 years old.

92 posted on 08/04/2022 9:42:22 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

9 years? No worries, Climate Change will have killed everyone by then.


93 posted on 08/04/2022 9:44:08 AM PDT by red-dawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do the crime do the time.


94 posted on 08/04/2022 9:46:53 AM PDT by Hootowl
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To: servantboy777

The other thing about Griner, is that it’s been playing for Russia in the off-season since 2014, so if it wasn’t aware of Russia’s drug laws, then it’s dumber than a box of f-ing rocks.


95 posted on 08/04/2022 9:48:30 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is more public attention than the WNBA has received in years.


96 posted on 08/04/2022 9:49:30 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: servantboy777
I hate that is happening to this young “dumb” athlete.

My view is otherwise. I'm actually enjoying it given her expressed hatred of the US. Of course, we'll ultimately wind up getting screwed because Brandon will make a lopsided deal to get her back.

97 posted on 08/04/2022 9:52:06 AM PDT by KevinB (''...and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: Noumenon

I hope they do chromosomes on that thing while he’s there and announce to the US he’s a dude. Surprise!


98 posted on 08/04/2022 9:52:11 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Simple, the more time, the more valuable in a trade.
Sentence her to 90 days = no value whatsoever.
3 years, not worth bargaining for.
9 years, gets your terrorist back.
I’m actually surprised they didn’t give it 20 years.


99 posted on 08/04/2022 9:53:23 AM PDT by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Love it!

This is more than Russian justice. This is Karma.

I wonder if and when she’s released will she again boycott our national anthem and spit on the flag?

And why would she want to come back to this racist country in the first place?


100 posted on 08/04/2022 9:53:38 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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